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Period: Jan 1, 1543 to
THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
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Wiliam Hamilton's defenition of the term "Psychology"
In England, the term "psychology" overtook "mental philosophy" in the middle of the 19th century, especially in the work of William Hamilton -
Wilhelm Wundt starts modern psychology
Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt (16 August 1832 – 31 August 1920) was a German physician, psychologist, physiologist, philosopher, and professor, known today as one of the founding figures of modern psychology.In 1879, Wundt founded the first formal laboratory for psychological research at the University of Leipzig. -
Edward Tichner defines psychology as structionalism
Tichner was a British psychologist who studied under Wilhelm Wundt for several years. Titchener is best known for creating his version of psychology that described the structure of the mind; structuralism. He created the largest doctoral program in the United States after becoming a professor at Cornell University, and his first graduate student, Margaret Floy Washburn, became the first woman to be granted a PhD in psychology. -
Sigmund Freud founds psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist who became known as the founding father of psychoanalysis. -
psychology goes global.
Psychology becomes taught in every school all around the world
